Skirt-measuring device.



PATENTED DEC. 17, 1907.

J. BOVARD. SKIRT MEASURING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 8, 1906.

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v To. on whom it may concern;

R JANE Bovine, QFOIL orrv,

Be it known that I, MARY J ANE BovARD, a citizen of the United- States of America, re-

siding at Oil City, in the county of Venango' and State ofvPennsylvania, -have invented certain new and useful Improvements in skirtsMeasuring Devices, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to certain new and useful im rovements in skirt measuring devices, an the invention has for its object to rovide a device or instrument for measur ing the bottom edges of a skirt, the device above the floor or and can beadvantageously used by these ar-- 1 skirt measuring device or-instrument will be.

cifically be ng placed upon the floor or suitable platform to determine the height of the skirt ference of the skirt.

The skirt measuringdevice is particularly adapted for dress makers, fitters, and tailors tisans when fitting a skirt u on a person, to determine the length of the s 'rt, the amount of material to be used as a hem, and the contour of the lower edges of the skirt. To this. end, I have devised a simple and inexpensive device or instrument which can be easily and quickly adjusted when used in connection with a skirt or similar garment.

The detail construction of my improved hereinafter more full-y..;;described\and speointed out in the tclaims.. Referring to the drawing forming partof this specification, like numerals of re designate cogrespoiiding;. parts ithrpughout the several views, in wh1ch"f -v Figure 1 is a perspective'view of the -device, Fi 2 is a detail sectional view of the same, showing the means by which the circular band is secured to the standards. Fig. 3

1 is a detail sectional view of the adjustable is a vertical sectional view of a clam persp band of the device, illustrating the ed e of a skirt in connection with the same, ig.-4

forming amodification of my invention, ig. 5 is a perspective view of the'same, Fig. 6 is a ective view of the device asused in connection with a skirt, the skirt being illustrated in dotted lines, andFi 7 is a similar view of a device constructed upon a large scale.

The skirt measuring device illustrated in Figs. 1, 6 and 7 of the drawings, are identicalin construction, these views simplyillustrat-' ing the adjustment of the device, wh1ch Specification of Letters d I h Application filedhugust 8| 1Q06r serial l u.

platform, also the circum erence princi ally consists and a justable stand rds or being identical in construction. The band 1 is preferably made of a resilient strip of metal and has its overla ping ends ad ustably connected together y a strip 3.. The overla ping ends 4, and 5 of the band 1 are slotte as at 6, and these ends are held in a fixed position b a thumb screw 7 which passes through t e slots of ends 4 and 5 and 3m ad iustable band 1, egs 2, the latter through a vertically disposed slot 8 of one of thestandards or legs 2. The end 4 of the band 1 is graduated, whereb the circumference of the band can be cos y determined.

The standards or le 2 are preferably made of metal having suflicient rigidit to support the ba 1, the standards or e s eing grad ated, as at adjacent to the s ots 8, whereby the height of the band 1 relative to the floor onplatforrn upon which it is sup orted may. be easily and quickl determined? The legs 2 are temporarily ed to the, band 1 by thumb screws 10 similar to thumb screw 7, thesethumb screws being of a conventionalform employed to frictionally, hold two 1 pieces of material together.

In Figs. 4 and 5 of th ,drawings, I have illustrated a slight modification wherein a yoke 11 and a set screw 12 are employed for adjustably securing the standard or leg 14 to the band 1', thereby dispensing with the slotted standard or leg 2, previously described. The yoke 11 is slotted as at 15, to permit of the legs or standards 14 extending therethrou h, and a set screw 12 is adapted to frictiona y hold the band 1 and the leg or standard 14 against the inner portion of the yoke 1 1.

In practice, the skirt'to be measured by my improved device or instrument is turned wrong side out and is laced upon the person for whom the skirt is made. The person then steps into thecenter of the device or instrument, and allows the skirt to hang over the standards or legs 2, and the band 1. The band 1. of the-device or instrument is then adjusted'to' snugl fit the inner edges of the skirt, the lower e ges of'the skirt being held' taut by the device, to permit ofthe skirt being marked and cut to indicate the height of the skirt above the floor or platform and the amount of material to form the hem of the skirt. After the band l has been adjusted to theiproppr height relative .to the floor or platform, t turned up as at 16, (see Fig. 3) and the right e edges of the skirt are of the material to form the hem. The amount of hem to be left upon the skirt havbeen determined, the excess amount of side of theskirt marked to indicate the fold material is cut from the skirt and the skirt is in condition to be finished. After the skirt has been {removed from the person it -is turned upon its ri ht side, and the lower edges thereof folded according to the marks made by the fitter of the skirt, and the hem completed.

By the novel construction of the device, it will be observed that one edge of the band can be lowered relative to its opposite edge, thereby permitting of the lower edges of the skirt being accurately marked when the back of the skirt is to be of a greater length than the front thereof.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A skirt measuring device comprising a resilientcircular metal band having slotted graduated ends, slotted graduated standards, and means comprising bolts carried by said circular resilient metal band, slidable in the slots of said standards, and a winged nut adapted to retain said standards in engagement with said metal band, substantially as ably securing said circular band to each of I said standards substantially as described.

In testimony whereof'l aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

MARY JANE BOVARD.

W'itnesses JOHN A. F. BOVARD, AGNES BOVARD. 

